This command-and-control approach has sometimes led to tensions between the governments, business and local communities.

"You can't impose a command-and-control approach on a company like Kinko's and expect it to work overnight," he said.

"We've got to get away from this command-and-control approach where we issue edicts from Trenton to local districts," he said.

So far, the command-and-control approach has been the most commonly used method for spectrum management.

The command-and-control approach was useful for addressing the issues related to older wireless communication devices and services.

With the new technologies and their increased demand for the radio spectrum, the command-and-control approach was simply at a disadvantage for spectrum management.

"We feel this will be a better system than the traditional command-and-control approach," he said, by giving businesses incentives to make additional improvements.

But the centralized, command-and-control approach to management no longer works in today's world of fast-moving markets, Professor Kanter said.

I think that's what happened to that whole command-and-control approach.

It reflects a very old-fashioned socialist command-and-control approach to economic policy which is not relevant to solving the problems of the 21st century.